Rappler's latest stories on 2016 Brussels attacks
2 alleged jihadists admit being at Brussels airport during attack – official
The men who are charged with belonging to a terrorist organization admit that while in Brussels they visited the cousin of the two brothers who blew themselves up in the coordinated attack

Belgium falls silent one year after Brussels attacks
UPDATED A year on Belgium remains on high alert with troops patrolling the streets and warnings of fresh risks from ISIS jihadists returning home from Iraq and Syria

Bombed Brussels metro station reopens one month after attacks
UPDATED Along the platform hand written notes on the station wall expressed condolences for those killed on March 22

Brussels airport bomber worked there for 5 years – report
For 5 years until 2012 Laachraoui worked at Brussels airport Flemish language VTM reports adding that he had been recruited by a temp agency

Brussels airport 'back to full capacity in June'
Although the airport will be fully operational in June its chief executive says it will be a basic service the facilities will not be fully renovated

Belgium charges new suspects over Brussels attacks
UPDATED A statement says Smail F and Ibrahim F are charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist group terrorist murders and attempts to commit terrorist murders

Belgium identifies 'man in hat' at Brussels airport bombing
Prosecutors say Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini is indeed the 3rd man present at the Brussels national airport attacks
6th suspect nabbed in raids over Brussels attacks – official
Five people including top Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini have been arrested on Friday but a spokesman confirms that a sixth is being held

Belgium arrests Paris attacks suspect Abrini, 4 others
3rd UPDATE Immediately after the Brussels attacks there was intense speculation that Mohamed Abrini was the 3rd man seen on CCTV with the two suicide bombers at the airport shortly before they blew themselves up

Beleaguered Brussels neighborhood struggles to fend off jihadist recruiters
In Molenbeek residents are struggling to confront the threat of radicalism as recruiters increasingly go underground to prey on the area s youngsters

Flights resume at bomb-hit Brussels Airport under tighter security
6th UPDATE Airport employees and government officials turn emotional as the first flight takes off from the reopened airport

Belgium to extradite Paris suspect Abdeslam to France
2nd UPDATE The transfer to France should happen within 10 days says French justice minister Jean Jacques Urvoas

Paris suspect Abdeslam 'wants to cooperate', fresh raid in Belgium
UPDATED Belgian federal prosecutors do not object to handing the suspect over to France says spokesman Eric Van der Sypt

Brussels airport delays reopening as Belgium lowers attacks toll to 32
UPDATED As Brussels struggles to get back on its feet criticism of authorities handling of the case has mounted after the sole suspect charged over the attacks was freed

Belgium resumes hunt for airport suspect as criticism mounts
Criticism of Belgium s handling of the case mounts after the sole suspect to be charged over the metro and airport attacks isfreed for lack of evidence linking him to the carnage

Belgium releases sole suspect charged over Brussels attacks
The sole suspect charged over last week s Brussels attacks is released following a lack of evidence linking him to the carnage
Brussels attacks death toll rises to 35
Officials from the government s crisis center says 31 people died at the two attack sites and 4 died in hospital The number does not include the 3 bombers

Brussels police clash with far-right mob at attacks shrine
UPDATED Under fire Belgian authorities meanwhile detain 4 terror suspects after carrying out 13 raids as they seek to round up a web of jihadists with links to the carnage in the Belgian capital and to attacks and plots in France

Belgian police detain 4 suspects after 13 raids
The raids come in the wake of the deadly explosions in Brussels

Cardinal Tagle on Easter: Sing 'alleluia' amid gunfire
Cardinal Tagle cites the terrorist attacks in Belgium as a ‘tomb’ that should be conquered by Easter

Organizers cancel Brussels protest march set Sunday
Authorities have asked for the March Against Fear to be put off because of security fears and to allow the police to concentrate on investigating the terror attacks in Brussels
Defiant Belgians gather as 2nd France plot suspect charged
5th UPDATE Mourners assemble at a square in central Brussels as prosecutors file charges against a suspect identified as Abderamane A

Brussels airport will not reopen before March 29 – statement
The airport will remain closed as the authorities implement new security measures and repair the damage caused by the suicide bombings

Brussels victims from around the world
Victims come from as far afield as Morocco Peru China and the United States as well as neighboring France and the Netherlands

Mariah Carey cancels Brussels show, citing security
I love my fans in Brussels and at this time I am being advised to cancel my show for the safety of my fans my band crew and everyone involved with the tour Mariah tweeted

Belgium's Muslims vow to fight radicalization after attacks
The time has come to act Today we re launching a program against radicalization says Imam Ndiaye Mouhameth Galaye
Najim Laachraoui confirmed as 2nd airport bomber, linked to Paris
Belgian prosecutors say Najim Laachraoui who is believed to be one of two suicide bombers behind the Brussels attacks is connected to the carnage in Paris last year

Belgian police shoot suspect in Europe-wide terror raids
UPDATED Even if the one that committed the attacks in Paris and Brussels is in the process of being destroyed there is still a heavy threat says French President Francois Hollande

US defends under fire Belgian anti-terror campaign
US Secretary of State John Kerry says Belgium has moved very forcefully to deal with terrorism

Pope Francis washes asylum seekers' feet
The Pope says this fraternal gesture sharply contrasts with the gesture of war of destruction committed 3 days ago in a European city
Belgium ministers offer to resign in row over attacks
Interior and justice ministers offer to resign due to intelligence failures but their offers to quit are refused by Prime Minister Charles Michel

Mourning Belgium in frantic hunt for 2 attacks suspects
European security authorities face mounting pressure after it is found that two brothers who blew themselves up at the airport and on a metro train are known to police with one of them having been deported from Turkey as a foreign terrorist fighter

Obama says unite against terror, fight ISIS
US President Barack Obama: The world has to be united against terrorism and we can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security not only of our own people but of people all around the world

Brussels suicide brothers are the link to Paris carnage
Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui are Belgian nationals with major convictions not linked to terrorism federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw says at a news briefing on Wednesday March 23

Dozens of nationalities in Brussels carnage
The broad range of nationalities hit by the attacks reflects the cosmopolitan nature of Brussels – home to many migrants to Belgium as well as the institutional capital of the 28 nation European Union

3 Brussels attackers identified as nation mourns
3rd UPDATE All 3 suspects have been linked to the November attacks in Paris

Belgians observe minute of silence for Brussels attacks victims
Defiant applause breaks out after the symbolic display of solidarity from a large crowd at the central Place de la Bourse where mourners have been holding a vigil since Tuesday evening following the attacks

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Belgian media withdraw report that suspect Laachraoui arrested
Officials did not confirm the report but Belgium s federal prosecutor is due to give a press conference at 1200 GMT

Trump says Muslims 'not reporting' terror activity
Trump s comments are immediately rejected by the Muslim Council of Britain MCB which represents hundreds of mosques and charities and by one of Britain s top counter terrorism officers Neil Basu

Bloody week in Brussels: From police raid to bombings
A look at the developments over the past week in Belgium

WATCH: Adele performs 'Make You Feel My Love' as Brussels tribute in London concert
Adele introduces the song: This is Make You Feel My Love and this is for Brussels

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TIMELINE: Brussels terror attacks
Brussels bombings: Here is a timeline of what has happened so far

Philippines denounces Belgium attacks: 'This is cowardice'
The Philippines vows to ‘continue working to make such acts of extremism a thing of the past’

NBA legend Mutombo among survivors of Belgium terror attack
Mt Mutombo was asleep in a passenger lounge at the airport when explosions rocked Zavantem Airport in Brussels

Grieving Brussels holds vigil at historic city square
UPDATED Belgians flock in their hundreds to the Place de la Bourse in the ancient heart of the city to grieve for the dead

Huge manhunt after Brussels attacks horror
UPDATED The bombings will raise fresh questions about the continent s ability to cope with the terror threat and underscores doubts about how Belgium has allowed extremism to develop unchecked

#PrayForBelgium: The Internet stands together
Must it take something as big as a terror attack to unite us towards the fight against terrorism?

International, PH celebrities react to Brussels explosions
Kerry Washington Khloe Kardashian Kendall Jenner Courteney Cox and more condemn the terror in Belgium
